Re: News - Dell’s profits fall by nearly 50 per cent

It seems at least in the professional area(according to Anandtech),Dell has very agressive pricing for their workstations,sometimes measuring in the thousands of dollars cheaper,for similar specification. This could be another reason why profits are dropping as their margins are much lower than before.

What would be interesting to know is how many units they ship in each of the markets and in what price ranges.

Re: News - Dell’s profits fall by nearly 50 per cent

In times of hotukdeals, and an ever increasing throw away culture of cheap electronic devices, I fear that Dell will not compete with the cheap eastern market. In my experience Dell laptops are better built than Acer/emachines, but with batteries only lasting a year or so, and technology improving at such a fast rate, it's no longer cost effective to spend 20-30% more on something that will be outdated in a couple of years.